BAE: Bovine aortic endothelial; RHP: Recombinant human protein. NSAIDs variably inhibit prostaglandin H synthase (COX). COX-2 was cloned in 1991, and it was subsequently established that COX-1 does ...
Why do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) exacerbate gastrointestinal infections by Clostridioides difficile, the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide? In a new paper ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although all of the common strategies protect the upper gastrointestinal tract from the complications of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), popular ...
Antman notes that despite initial claims of greater GI safety for this class of NSAID, COX-2 is in fact needed for GI mucosal protection; used alone, a COX-2 inhibitor can damage the mucosa, and the ...
The discovery of cyclooxygenase (COX) isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2, in the early 1990s helped explain how non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) work and led to specific agents with fewer ...
In patients with diabetes and no history of heart failure (HF), the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may increase the risk of hospitalization for incident HF, according to results ...
Aspirin was introduced into clinical medicine in 1899 and its anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties were accompanied by the onset of gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. Over the ...